Gunness Farm Probe Hints At Hidden Bodies And Gold
Reports describe planned searches at the Gunness farm cellar for ashes and possible gold fillings from Mrs. Gunness era. Four physicians await a coroner’s decision on unified or individual autopsy findings while the defense investigates Pine Lake Cemetery for fresh graves to support a murder theory.
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Ray Lamphere
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Police to decide on search at Gunness property
Chicago officials plan a morning conference between Assistant Chief Schuettler and an unnamed Hoffman to determine whether to excavate the yard and cellar of the former Gunness residence in Austin in a search for possible victims. The police report twenty six letters in three days claiming sightings of Mrs Gunness after her supposed death and post office officials track writers of letters addressed to her after disappearance.
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Austin
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Ray Lamphere Linked to Gunness Case Bigamy Probe
Pittsburg May 10 Special Dispatch Ray Lamphere farmhand held in Laporte Ind may face multiple bigamy charges if tied to the Gunness matter Lamphere once lived in Allegheny and allegedly had three wives at once Detective George H. Roman traced marriages in Towanda and Newcastle and sought a fourth wife in New York state before Lamphere vanished Roman later identified him from published photographs in connection with the Gunness case.
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Ray Lamphere
Laporte
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Lamphere
Allegheny
George H. Roman
Roman
Rene
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William Cunningham
Newcastle
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New York State
Rochester
Oswego
Utica
Bank Failures Hit Italian Quarters Sparking Labor Hardship
Special Dispatch reports more than a dozen small savings bank failures in New York's Italian districts over the past month. Laborers face hardship as Throngs gather at Eliseo Saggese's bank on the upper East Side where a note promises depositor refunds after seven days.
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New York
Little Italy
Eliseo Saggese
Upper East Side
Buletin
Walk in Sleep Fatal Claims Saloonist
Charles Kline a saloonist at 1904 Vine Street died in City Hospital from injuries after a fall from a second story window on May 6. He was a confirmed omnambulist and was found lying on the front pavement after arising in his sleep and stepping out of the window.
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Vinestreet
Saloon Fight Leaves Lewis Smith Stabbed near Carlisle
A late night brawl near Carlisle avenue and John streets left Lewis Smith with a stab wound to the abdomen. An unknown assailant fled the scene and Smith was transported to City Hospital for treatment.
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Evolution novels and reminiscences dominate spring literary notes
Maurice Hewlett announces The Spanish Jade to Cassell while Jack London’s Before Adam is slated for Werner Lawrie. Mme Olga Novikoff plans The Member for Russia with letters from notable figures, and Shakespeare apocrypha are readied by Oxford. Colonel Conder’s The Rise of Man traces civilization’s Asiatic origins across 200 cited authorities.
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Thomas Lord
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Colonel Conder
John Murray
Why Broker Killed Self At Wedding Altar Mystery
New York May 10 The real reason why broker Isaac F Williams killed himself before his bride to be arrived at the altar remains unknown Casual acquaintances suspect financial losses in cotton or Wall Street prompted the act Williams lived with Dr William L Stowell at 160 West Seventy third street and had planned a Europe wedding trip The note and scattered belongings in his room hint at a deliberate farewell before the planned ceremony Then Williams body was found by a maid with a revolver in hand and a fatal bullet wound to the head The bride Miss Arnold and her family faced a delayed ceremony and a public inquiry into Williams death while Williams brother was alerted and possible further light awaited from Rhode Island records
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William L. Stowell
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Charlotte Watkins
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Albert T. Weston
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Rhode Island
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English Plaints at Japanese Agents
Complaints from the Far East accuse Japanese authorities of evading responsibility in maritime collisions. A P and O steamer crossed into a Chinese junk causing rudder damage. the Japanese captain did not slow. In Shanghai the English ship crew were blamed, while Chinese owners sought compensation, illustrating perceived inequities for foreign shipowners.
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Commercial Tribune
London
China
Peninsular and Oriental Line
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Revolvers as Playthings in Ohio Home Accident
In Hamilton Ohio on May 10 Robert Newlick 11 and Freddie Newlick 7 were handling revolvers in their North Tenth Street home. An accidental discharge struck Freddie in the left face and lodged at the back of the neck. Freddie lies in a precarious condition as medical staff attend him.
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Hamilton
North Tenth Street
Robert Newlick
Freddie Newlick
Tyro fined for killing in automobile learning case
Paris May 10 A judge fined M Hubert after a fatal accident at Lesneven Finisterre when he learned to drive with a licensed chauffeur beside him. The court ruled the chauffeur's presence did not excuse dangerous experiments in a populated area.
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Paris
M. Hubert
Lesneven
Finisterre
Recupération Day in San Francisco
After four days of hospitality in San Francisco the officers and men of the Pacific and Atlantic fleets rested. Admiral Thomas stayed at the Fairmount Hotel all day after catching a cold at the Oakland banquet. He planned to attend the alumni dinner at the Fairmount Hotel tonight.
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Hare and Hounds Races Promised by Aero Club
London May 10 The Aero Club of Great Britain promises hare and hounds and point to point balloon races this spring and summer tied to the International Conference of Aero Clubs. Hon C S Rolls will lead a small balloon with a three minute start aiming to elude pursuers by drifting into air currents and ascending to hide behind clouds if pressed closely.
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London
Hare and Hounds
The
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International Conference of Aero Clubs
Archbishop Casanova III in Serious Condition
The Most Rev. Mariano Casanova, Archbishop of Santiago, is seriously ill in Santiago Chile. His condition was reported from the diocese on May 10 as doctors treat him for a critical ailment.
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Santiago
Chile
Mariano Casanova
Bristol Man Isaac F Williams Dies by Self Inflicted Death
Isaac F Williams son of the late State Senator Isaac F Williams of this town and brother of Dr W Fred Williams former State Senator died by his own hand. Born in New York he lived many years in Bristol with his father and was long employed at the National India Rubber Company plant.
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Commercial Tribune
Bristol
R. I
Isaac F. Williams
Isaac F.williams
W. Fred Williams
New York
National India Rubber Company
Hearing on Paper to Resume as Congressional Inquiry
The Congressional committee investigating news printIndustry returns to Washington after a day at Hudson River Mill. Workers testify wages are slightly higher than a decade ago and weekly hours fell from 65–66 to 48. Superintendent Walker notes Canada pays 15 cents to 16.5 cents and 90 percent of pulp here comes from Canada.
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Mosquito Discoveries By Panama Canal Bug Hunter
Government scientist August Busch collected 83 mosquito species on the Isthmus of Panama finding 30 new to science. He deposited specimens at the National Museum and described extensive sanitation work around canal settlements to prevent disease by targeting yellow fever and malaria vectors.
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Canal Zone
National Museum
August Busch
America
Psorophors
Fairbanks Attends Dedication Of Polish Parochial School
Vice President Charles Warren Fairbanks graced the dedication of St. Stanislaus Polish Roman Catholic Parochial School the nation’s largest of its kind. He urged spending on schools and churches over armies and warned socialism harms genius and thrift. The new school will educate 4,500 pupils with a staff of over 100 teachers.
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Charles Warren Fairbanks
St. Stanislaus
Fifteenth Anniversary of Westminster Presbyterian Church
Hamilton Ohio May 10 The fifteenth anniversary celebration of Westminster Presbyterian Church featured a historical sermon by Pastor Rev Harry C Finney. The church organized in 1893 has had five pastors including Rev J S Edenburn Rev George E Thompson Rev James A Taggert Rev W B Gantz and the current pastor.
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Hamilton
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Harry C. Finney
J. S. Edenburn
George E. Thompson
James A. Taggert
W. B. Gantz
Merchant Policeman Seiler Killed in Indianapolis
May 10 Indianapolis reports merchant policeman Matthias Seiler slain by unknown assailants early today. Several arrests have been magned.
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Matthias Seiler
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Thirteen Conventions Set for Delegates to National Conventions
News brief outlines thirteen state conventions to elect delegates to national conventions Republican and Democratic. includes Washington conservation conference, corner stone laying for Bureau of American Republics building, drainage congress, San Francisco battleship fleet events, and New York legislative extraordinary session urging anti racetrack bills. Also notes upcoming currency and military bills in Congress and Japan election interest.
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National Drainage Congress
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Post Office Burglarized Near Hamilton
Monroe Post Office eight miles east of Hamilton was robbed last night. Only 1 in cash and postage stamps plus cigars were seized. Thieves stole D. E. B. Vorhis’s horse and buggy. Horse Rangers led by Captain Charles Hinkle recovered the rig near Flenner's Corner. Two strangers are suspected locals.
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Monroe
J. H. Sigg
D. E B. Vorhis
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Charles Hink
Milk Pasteurization Campaign Converts London Dairymen
London dairymen, nurses, and mothers rallied around Nathan Straus pasteurization demonstrations sparked by The Daily Express. Most dairymen left convinced that pasteurized milk can restore public confidence, though a few remain hostile about its impact on milk clarity. A lone protester cited cows fed on sewage as reason to avoid pasteurization.
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Daily Express
A. R. Green
New York
G. H. Yatman
Nathan Straus
Berners Street
Mr. Straus
Cincinnati Man Dies After Steel Plant Fall
Fred Gray a 50 year old worker from Cincinnati fell forty feet from a scaffold at the Cokcotty steel plant in Hamilton Ohio. He suffered a fractured skull and multiple rib fractures and died at Mercy Hospital.
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Cokcotty
Fred Gray
Mercy Hospital
Cincinnati
Publia School Fraternities Ordered To Disband
Hamilton Co May 10 Publia School Superintendent Darrell Joyce orders two high school Greek fraternities to discontinue meetings and organization after July under the new state law. About thirty members are affected.
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Hamilton, Co
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